Nick has had a bad week. We talk about approaches to resilience, the meanings we attach to events, our tendency to project bad stories, what perspectives might help us through really rubbish moments and how sometimes your favourite Bible verse doesn’t help that much. Meanwhile Joe introduces the 'numes' – a new scale to measure numinous moments and places. And we hear from a listener who is going through the menopraise. Genius.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Resilience in Life and Faith: Finding your strength in God
• Rudolf Otto's Concept of the "Numinous"

Three. Hundred. Episodes. Who'd have thought it? We think about some of the key things we have learned, and are still learning through doing this podcast. We reflect on such topics as what we think about God, how we read the Bible and the amazing capacity of theology to annoy you in entirely unexpected ways. And in the end, it turns out Jesus is still very important. Thank you for all your support - now go and enjoy a Negroni.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Negroni week
• Karl Rahner
• Nick Cave, Wild God

Joe interviews John Philip Newell about his new book The Great Search. What are the things we are really yearning for? Who are the prophets to whom we should pay attention?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• John Philip Newell
• Etty Hillesum
• Simone Weil
• Martin Buber
• Edwin Muir
• Julian of Norwich
• Carl Jung